Elisabeth Andrae
Louise Elisabeth Andrae (3 August 1876,
watercolorist
.
Biography
She studied with two landscape painters; Gustav Adolf Thamm in Dresden and Hans von Volkmann in Karlsruhe.[1] She settled in Dresden, but spent long periods on the island of Hiddensee.
There, she helped organize a group known as the "Hiddensoer Künstlerinnenbund ", an association of women artists that included Clara Arnheim, Elisabeth Büchsel, Käthe Loewenthal and Katharina Bamberg .
They were regular exhibitors at an art venue known as the Blaue Scheune (Blue Barn), established in 1920 by Henni Lehmann. She also exhibited frequently with a group known as the "Kunstkaten" in Ahrenshoop.[1]
Her brother was the archaeologist
Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin. After 1930, she assisted him by painting large murals of several excavation sites in Babylon, Assur, Uruk and Yazılıkaya; two of which may still be seen at the museum.[1]
Her works remained very popular during the
bombing of Dresden
or its aftermath.
References
- ^ a b c "Elisabeth Andrae". Galerie & Kunsthandel "DER PANTHER" (in German). 16 September 2011.
Further reading
- Ruth Negendanck: Hiddensee: die besondere Insel für Künstler. Edition Fischerhuder Kunstbuch 2005, ISBN 978-3-88132-288-1, S. 83-85
- Angela Rapp: Der Hiddensoer Künstlerinnenbund - Malweiber sind wir nicht, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-00038-345-8
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elisabeth Andrae.
- ArtNet: More works by Andrae.
- Elisabeth Andrae @ Der Hiddensoer Künstlerinnenbund